Father Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. Luke 23:44-46
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. Matthew 27:54

Steps: 11, 12

Though tempted to doubt His Father’s love, Jesus had the victory by faith in what He knew about His Father. When sin tried to close the door to faith, Jesus held on to His Father’s love by faith. He did not let fear nor despair drive Him to the point of denying His faith in His Father. This was His call to victory and it is for us as well. There is no sin so great that we can not trust in the love of Jesus to be able to deal with that sin, or that addiction. Jesus will forgive us, and cleanse us from each and every sin that we are willing to confess to Him. He already knows every sin that we have done, and ever will do, so anything we tell Him will not be a surprise to Him or to have taken Him off guard. Jesus knows us, and knows us so well that He has already taken all of our sins to the cross 2000 years ago. So let us not pretend with God. God knows and we know. The great question is will we commend our spirit into His hands and allow Him to perform His wondrous grace to cleanse us from all unrighteousness so that we to might go to paradise with Him?

Prayer for Today: God, we thank You again for all of Your wondrous love and care for us. Help us to trust You with our darkest secrets, which You already know. Help us to not play games with You but to learn to trust that You actually do love us even though You know us. Help us to learn to know You and trust what we find out about You. Help us to believe that You actually went through this terrible experience with Jesus so that we might know You and learn to love You. Thank You for Your love for us before we even knew You.